Summary
Reference
Document ID: KM02994349 (hpesbgn03761en_us)
Version: 1
Release Date: 2017-06-16
Last Updated: 2017-06-15
Potential Security Impact: Remote: Escalation of Privilege
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE Product Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A security vulnerability in Linux kernel, also known as "Dirty COW", has been addressed in HPE Virtualization Performance Viewer (VPV)/ Cloud Optimizer – Virtual appliance. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely to allow escalation of privilege.
References: CVE-2016-5195 - Linux kernel vulnerability, "Dirty COW"
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HPE Cloud Optimizer - v1.10, v1.20, v2.0, v2.01, v2.10, v2.20/ CO – v3.0, v3.01
BACKGROUND
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Reference
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V3 Vector
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V3 Base Score
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V2 Vector
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V2 Base Score
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CVE-2016-5195
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.8
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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7.2
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RESOLUTION
HPE has made the following mitigation information available to resolve the vulnerability for the impacted versions of HPE Virtualization Performance Viewer (VPV)/ Cloud Optimizer – Virtual appliance:
- Login to the system, execute the following commands with root privileges:
- Stop ovc processes: ovc –stop
- Stop vertica db: su pv_vertica -c "/opt/vertica/bin/adminTools -t stop_db -d pv -i -F"
- Update the system: yum update kernel
- Reboot the server: /sbin/shutdown -r now
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 15 June 2017 Initial release
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3P = 3rd Party Software
GN = HP General Software
HF = HP Hardware and Firmware
MU = Multi-Platform Software
NS = NonStop Servers
OV = OpenVMS
PV = ProCurve
ST = Storage Software
UX = HP-UX
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